Problem 12 - Entrance Test

He said, "I can swim."

A. He said that he can swim.B. He said that he could swim.C. He said that I could swim.D. He said that he swam.

Correct: B

The modal verb 'can' changes to 'could' in indirect speech when the reporting verb is in the past tense. The pronoun 'I' changes to 'he'.